6 h. ago Labour and Tories voting against not proven verdict reform sends wrong message

Record View says it sends the wrong message, months before a Holyrood election, that these two parties were prepared to kick badly needed justice reforms into the long grass.

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15 h. ago Victims denied justice under Scotland’s not proven verdict watch as it is finally abolished

MSPs voted through the landmark justice reform bill, rubber-stamping the axing of the verdict – meaning jurors will no longer have three options when it comes to deciding the fate of defendants at criminal trials.

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16 h. ago Rape survivor welcomes Holyrood vote to scrap ‘damaging’ not proven verdict

Some lawyers have raised concerns that reforms passed by MSPs could lead to an increased potential for miscarriages of justice.

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17 h. ago Not proven verdict finally abolished after MSPs vote in favour of major reform to Scots justice system

Jurors in Scotland will no longer have three options when it comes to reaching a verdict at criminal trials following the historic vote.

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38 h. ago SNP escape row over sexual offences court as MSPs poised for vote to abolish 'not proven' verdict

MSPs are set to vote on whether to abolish the not proven verdict after amendments were agreed to legislation in a gruelling six-hour debate in Holyrood.

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43 h. ago Not proven verdict set to be scrapped from Scots courtrooms as MSPs debate ahead of landmark vote

Jurors at trials in Scotland will have two options instead of three when it comes to reaching a verdict once a landmark justice reform is approved at Holyrood.

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67 h. ago Top Starmer aide resigns over explicit Diane Abbott messages in further blow to PM – UK politics live

Director of strategy Paul Ovenden quits to avoid becoming ‘distraction’ after details of derogatory emails emergeNigel Farage has announced that Danny Kruger has defected to Reform UK from the Tories. Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire, is a leading social conservative, and co-chaired the New Conservatives group in the last parliament with Miriam Cates.Farage said that Kruger would be in charge of preparing the part for government. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Get Send reform wrong and ‘you’re out’, Sir Ed Davey tells Government

The Liberal Democrat leader said he was concerned that forthcoming reforms would not meet the needs of children.

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68 h. ago Prue Leith's son Danny Kruger joins Reform as Tory MP makes brutal 'clowns' swipe

Right-winger Danny Kruger has switched to Nigel Farage's Reform UK, declaring that the Tories are 'over' - as Labour accused the party of tying itself to years of Tory failure

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2 d. ago Conservative MP Danny Kruger says party is ‘over’ as he defects to Reform – UK politics live

Nigel Farage announces defection of MP for East Wiltshire and puts him in charge of preparing party for governmentNigel Farage has announced that Danny Kruger has defected to Reform UK from the Tories. Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire, is a leading social conservative, and co-chaired the New Conservatives group in the last parliament with Miriam Cates.Farage said that Kruger would be in charge of preparing the part for government. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Conservative MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform – UK politics live

Nigel Farage announces defection of MP for East Wiltshire and puts him in charge of preparing party for governmentNigel Farage has announced that Danny Kruger has defected to Reform UK from the Tories. Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire, is a leading social conservative, and co-chaired the New Conservatives group in the last parliament with Miriam Cates.Farage said that Kruger would be in charge of preparing the part for government. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Not proven verdicts that rocked Scotland as landmark vote on abolition nears

MSPs will vote next week on a bill which could finally scrap the verdict - which gives juries a third option instead of guilty or not guilty.

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7 d. ago Mandelson fights to stay as UK ambassador amid new Epstein revelations

Tories urge Sir Keir Starmer to remove the Labour peer from his role as envoy to Washington

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7 d. ago Mandelson fights to stay as UK envoy to the US amid new Epstein revelations

Tories urge Sir Keir Starmer to remove the Labour peer from his post

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7 d. ago Mandelson fights to remain UK envoy to US amid Epstein revelations

Tories urge Keir Starmer to remove Labour peer from his post

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1 week ago We are on course to win a general election in two years, triumphant Farage tells his party 

The Reform leader used his keynote address at his party's confernece in Birmingham to twist the knife into Labour's wounds following the Deputy Prime Minister's exit.

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1 week ago 'It's happening': Nigel Farage says he could be PM as early as 2027 as he slams Labour as 'not fit to govern' in wake of Angela Rayner's resignation

The Reform leader used his keynote address at his party's confernece in Birmingham to twist the knife into Labour's wounds following the Deputy Prime Minister's exit.

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2 w. ago Labour will ‘tax the living daylights out of your family’s future’, say Tories

Opening the Conservatives’ opposition day debate, Sir Mel insisted ‘nothing is safe from the tax man’ under Labour.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer’s legacy could be electoral reform – or Farage as prime minister | Polly Toynbee

MPs are voting to get rid of first past the post in mayoral elections. Doing the same at a national level would be an antidote to Reform UKWake up to the peril. As MPs return to parliament, they should abandon that self-deluding pretence that it could never happen here in our “moderate” and “tolerant” land. On the contrary, Britain is at more risk of a populist right takeover than many of our European neighbours. With Labour in an electoral slough of despond, and the Tories looking dead already, the reptilian grin of Nigel Farage haunts the political landscape after his satisfactory summer spent stoking division and cynicism.Our first past the post (FPTP) elections make us particularly vulnerable. As Rob Ford, professor of politics at Manchester University, notes: “This is now a Farage-friendly electoral system.” Reform UK has reached the tipping point where winning as little as 30% support in our corkscrewed lottery of a voting system could propel him into No 10, however much that ...

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2 w. ago The Labour 'civil war' fuelling Angela Rayner sleaze crisis amid bitter infighting over who should succeed Keir Starmer

Shadow Cabinet minister Alex Burghart said it was 'very likely' damaging information about Ms Rayner's (pictured) personal life and tax affairs is being leaked by Labour rivals.

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